Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word suction.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word suction.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acting

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

asian

aspen

astound

astounds

asthma

atman

austin

auden

bagman

bacon

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

bason

bastion

belgian

bastions

baston

baron

barren

basin

baton

batten

basting

batton

beckon

beacon

begun

bayman

beaten

bellman

bellon

billion

bookman

billman

bison

bisson

blacken

billon

bitten

bobbin

bollen

boatman

bolden

blowgun

boasting

bookstand

bracken

boston

brakeman

brethren

bookstands

boughten

brighten

bordman

bourbon

breton

bowman

briton

broaden

brazen

bushman

brogan

button

bullion

broken

burgeon

burden

burton

burdon

cabin

burman

caisson

cajun

chaplain

canon

cannon

calvin

canaan

canton

canyon

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

chapman

carton

cauldron

casting

castings

cayman

chairman

certain

chessman

charon

chasten

chastened

cheapen

chestnut

chestnuts

chevron

chicken

christen

classman

children

chieftain

chosen

christian

churchman

citron

clinton

coachman

coasting

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

cotton

costing

costume

costumes

craftsman

cowan

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

custom

customs

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

damson

dampen

deacon

deaden

deafen

fortune

darken

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

destin

devon

dian

dictum

disdain

disdained

disdains

distance

distant

distend

distinct

dobson

dozen

dolman

dolphin

dragon

driven

doctrine

draftsman

dukedom

dromon

drunken

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

eighteen

eighteens

eighteenth

elan

ensign

emption

engine

ermine

esteem

firman

extant

extend

extends

extinct

extent

eyestone

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

faulcon

faustian

fatten

fastened

fireman

felon

fibrin

festoon

fielden

fighting

fightings

flashgun

flatten

footman

floren

foreman

foreign

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshman

frighten

frozen

georgian

fusion

garden

gascon

gallon

gammon

garron

glidden

glisten

gilden

grandson

gibbon

given

gladden

german

grecian

griffon

goodman

gorgon

gotten

gowan

golden

gluten

graven

guardsman

laden

lagan

hearten

hackman

haitian

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

headman

houseman

hasten

hausen

heaven

headsman

hastens

haven

heathen

heighten

hempen

horseman

henchman

heron

heightens

hetman

hidden

homespun

hogan

hosting

hoten

hoven

huntsman

human

hyson

hyphen

hymen

ibsen

keelson

jetson

jargon

jackman

ion

jasmine

jason

jordan

kelson

jetton

jorden

kansan

kalan

kelvin

kitchen

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

kitten

klansman

keystone

keystones

lactone

lampron

landman

latin

leaden

leaven

landsman

lasting

layman

ledden

lessen

legion

lengthen

lemon

lesion

leman

lesson

liken

liman

lichen

leven

lightman

lighten

lightens

lightning

lighting

lightnings

linden

listen

lineman

linemen

lisbon

linen

lion

liven

listing

listings

lockman

locken

listens

logan

london

longan

lotion

lynden

loosen

loren

lyden

lopeman

lumen

m1

madden

maiden

mahone

marchman

margin

mangan

marksman

markman

marlin

marron

marten

martin

mason

matron

melon

mayan

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mitten

moisten

muffin

molten

morgan

motion

mormon

mountain

muslin

mullen

mutton

mustang

mustangs

nation

newsman

nightmare

nightmares

nighttime

norman

ninon

notion

nighttimes

oarsman

oven

outdone

ocean

octane

onion

often

olden

odin

omen

open

organ

orphan

outrun

othman

ousting

poison

owen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

pardon

parson

pectin

passman

pathan

patten

patron

pastime

pastimes

pavon

peacetime

penman

penguin

peon

perron

pillion

persian

pigeon

person

pinion

piston

pitman

pistons

plantain

plankton

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

nekton

ponton

portman

postman

potion

posting

postings

postmark

pressman

prison

proven

pullen

question

questions

quicken

ragtime

raven

rayon

reckon

reason

rectum

redden

region

rerun

resin

resting

ribbon

ridden

riden

sodden

soften

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

right-hand

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

saffron

sadden

salmon

salesman

samson

scotsman

satin

satan

scullion

scallion

seaman

season

scion

santon

selden

robin

seedsman

smitten

shrunken

semen

sequin

seven

shakedown

sharpen

sermon

seton

slacken

shipman

shorten

shotgun

sicken

smarten

shaken

shaman

shearman

shogun

showman

shakedowns

sightings

silken

siren

siphon

sixteen

sixteens

sixteenth

sistine

sixteenths

sighting

slogan

roasting

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

stepson

spokesman

station

squadron

stallion

stallman

sportsman

statesman

steven

stockman

stricken

strengthen

stiffen

stillion

striven

stolen

straighten

suasion

sturgeon

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

thicken

sylvan

tarpon

sweeten

sustained

sustains

surgeon

sustain

syphon

swollen

talon

tappen

tartan

taken

system

systems

tendon

teston

tillman

tasting

tastings

thousand

threaten

titan

testing

tighten

tightens

toasting

token

toughen

touchdown

townsman

touchdowns

toman

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

treason

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

twisting

undone

urson

urchin

union

urban

urine

yachtsman

turban

warden

vegan

version

victim

vesting

vestment

vestments

vision

wanton

villain

wagon

victims

vulcan

waken

warren

wasting

wiccan

watchman

whitson

weaken

weapon

whiten

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

women

written

wisdom

woodman

woolman

workman

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

yachting

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abdomen

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accident

academe

accidents

acetone

adoption

admission

adhesion

affliction

adrian

aggression

acumen

alaskan

adsorption

aegean

albion

albumin

allusion

alderman

african

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

arian

ascension

attraction

assassin

artesian

arkansan

aspersion

asuncion

astounding

artisan

assumption

astonish

astounded

asthmatics

asthmatic

attention

aryan

attrition

auctioneer

audition

auctioneers

awaken

austrian

aversion

australian

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

beholden

beethoven

begotten

benjamin

besetting

biotin

bitumen

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

bystander

bystanders

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carrion

cartesian

caucasian

causation

castration

cation

catalan

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

cambrian

charlatan

charwoman

citation

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

civilian

clarion

citizen

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collision

collusion

concoction

compassion

combustion

communion

companion

concession

collegian

complexion

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

conclusion

conduction

confection

condition

confession

conflation

confucian

congestion

conjunction

conscription

confusion

congressman

constriction

construction

detention

consumption

contention

contraction

contortion

convection

contraption

conviction

contrition

convention

conversion

contusion

convulsion

creation

corrosion

corsican

costumer

costumers

councilman

countryman

croatian

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

customer

customers

customize

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decadent

defection

decadents

deception

declension

decision

decedent

decedents

deflection

deflation

deletion

delusion

depiction

dentition

denizen

depletion

depression

derision

detection

description

desertion

destinies

destiny

destruction

dictation

devotion

determine

contagion

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

digression

dilation

dilution

dimension

discipline

dissension

discretion

discussion

disdainful

disruption

dispersion

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

distances

formation

distemper

distinction

distinctions

distinctive

forbidden

distraction

diversion

disunion

distortion

distinguished

division

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

elation

election

echidna

duration

ejection

egyptian

elison

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

emission

emotion

encryption

enlighten

eruption

enliven

erection

equation

englishman

erosion

equations

etruscan

eviction

estimate

estimates

equating

evasion

fisherman

fixation

eleven

everyone

excision

exception

exciting

exceeding

excitement

distinguish

exclusion

excursion

exertion

excretion

exemption

expansion

exhaustion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extender

extensions

extinction

extenders

extensive

extinctions

extinguish

extinguished

extortion

extrusion

extraction

fabian

fastener

fasteners

fictional

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fastening

fijian

filtration

fastenings

exaction

flirtation

flotation

foramen

distinctly

foundation

franciscan

forgotten

freemason

fruition

frustration

freudian

fustian

abandon

garrison

galleon

gaussian

genuine

ghanaian

gentleman

gestation

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guesstimate

immersion

inclusion

guardian

grobian

forewoman

gyration

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hesitant

horatian

horizon

jettison

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

inaction

impression

in-person

imprison

implosion

housebroken

inception

incision

incursion

javelin

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

injection

injunction

insertion

instruction

inscription

inspection

intention

invasion

intestine

jamaican

intrusion

invention

inversion

irian

irishman

italian

istanbul

jacobin

jovian

julian

kantian

lactation

korean

preclusion

keratin

keynesian

guesstimates

laurentian

laotian

lanolin

lastingly

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

liechtenstein

ligation

lightening

listener

listeners

location

listening

locating

magician

locations

logician

lumberman

lutheran

macadam

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

medicine

medallion

median

masculine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

myosin

policeman

mutation

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

nicotine

nightingale

nutrition

nightmarish

nobleman

objection

nitrogen

notation

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

obsession

narration

occlusion

occident

octillion

obstruction

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

oration

optation

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overman

overrun

oxygen

pavilion

partition

parisian

parthian

partisan

patrician

pelican

perception

pentathlon

overdone

perfection

plebeian

percussion

permission

permian

perfusion

perversion

peterman

phrygian

persuasion

plantation

positions

porcelain

precaution

nemean

postnatal

postmaster

postmasters

post-mortem

precession

precision

prediction

predestine

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

profusion

probation

progression

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protean

provision

zambian

puritan

questioner

quotation

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

ramadan

reactions

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

reflection

rectangle

rectangles

redemption

regression

rejection

relation

religion

rendition

remission

reopen

regimen

resection

resumption

repression

rescission

retraction

residence

reptilian

resident

residents

restriction

retention

reunion

reversion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

sedition

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

secession

scythian

seclusion

sectional

scorpion

right-handed

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submersion

submission

stygian

subtraction

subscription

suburban

subversion

succeeding

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

suspension

suspicion

sustenance

taxation

technician

syrian

tactician

tamarin

systemic

talisman

temptation

tectonic

tectonics

thespian

testament

testaments

ticketing

superman

timberman

toboggan

toastmaster

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transition

translation

transmission

transgression

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unburden

unbroken

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vacations

vatican

pseudonyms

venison

vibration

veteran

victimize

vocation

vermilion

vocations

volition

vitamin

visiting

waterman

wesleyan

pseudonym

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

academic

abolition

academy

academies

accidental

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

actionable

academics

activation

adaptation

admonition

admiration

adoration

advocation

affectation

adulation

aggravation

affirmation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

algerian

algonquian

allocation

annexation

altercation

ammunition

alteration

amputation

adrenaline

alternation

american

amphibian

animation

annotation

apparition

application

appellation

approbation

appalachian

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

arizonan

aspiration

assyrian

astonishing

astonishment

athenian

assemblyman

attribution

avocation

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calibration

businesswoman

chameleon

calculation

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

californian

celebration

centurion

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloration

collodion

combination

commutation

committeeman

comedian

columbian

coloradan

comparison

complication

competition

compilation

composition

compensation

comprehension

computation

concentration

commendation

confiscation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

conflagration

connotation

conjugation

congregation

confrontation

consecration

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

conservation

consternation

consultation

consummation

contradiction

contemplation

contraception

contrarian

conversation

convocation

contribution

contravention

convolution

coronation

corp.

copernican

copenhagen

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

corinthian

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

customizes

cyclopean

customary

dandelion

dedication

decompression

decimation

declaration

deconstruction

decoration

darwinian

defamation

definition

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

dereliction

derivation

depredation

deprivation

desiccation

desecration

desolation

designation

desperation

destination

destitution

destinations

dichotomy

detonation

devolution

devastation

deviation

devonian

dietitian

dictionary

dilatation

disaffection

dictionaries

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dissolution

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

distinctively

distribution

distinguishing

distinguishes

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

emigration

elocution

emanation

elongation

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

erudition

evolution

equitation

eritrean

equestrian

european

estimation

estimations

estimator

estonian

estimators

estonians

estimable

estimated

eustachian

evocation

excitation

excavation

exclamation

exceedingly

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

expedition

expectation

exploration

explication

exposition

explanation

exploitation

expiration

extenuate

extensively

extendible

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

extinguishment

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

extinguisher

extinguishers

fluctuation

fluoridation

floridian

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

generation

galilean

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hesitancy

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitantly

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hegelian

illustration

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

imitation

immolation

ideation

immigration

imperfection

implication

imposition

imputation

importation

impregnation

inattention

incantation

implantation

ibuprofen

incarnation

gargantuan

insurrection

inclination

incubation

indecision

indication

indexation

indiscretion

interception

infestation

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

information

indentation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

insulation

inspiration

integration

interaction

interjection

interdiction

intermission

intimation

intercession

interruption

intonation

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

inundation

introduction

intuition

introspection

invocation

irrigation

isolation

iteration

iranian

irritation

isotonic

jacobean

invitation

jordanian

jubilation

incrustation

indigestion

jurisdiction

laceration

indignation

kindergarten

exhortation

legislation

legitimate

legitimize

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

liberation

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

maccabean

macedonian

mammalian

manumission

malformation

malnutrition

masturbation

medication

maturation

meditation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

miseration

misbegotten

misdemeanor

misdemeanors

misperception

missourian

moderation

modulation

mitigation

molestation

motivation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

mutilation

politician

navigation

lancastrian

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

obfuscation

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

obsidian

oblivion

occupation

occidental

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

observation

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostensible

obstetrician

napoleon

ostensibly

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

penicillin

persecution

pelagian

perforation

permutation

perspiration

peruvian

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

penetration

plutonian

overburden

ostentation

population

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

posthumously

precondition

preelection

predetermine

predilection

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

profanation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

prosecution

propagation

proposition

prostitution

provocation

protozoan

sicilian

protestation

publication

punctuation

radiation

questionable

readmission

recollection

realization

reassertion

recitation

recantation

reclamation

recognition

reawaken

reformation

refutation

recreation

reconstruction

rectangular

reelection

reexamine

regulation

revocation

reinspection

registration

relaxation

replication

renovation

repetition

reparation

relocation

repercussion

reposition

repossession

reproduction

reputation

republican

respiration

reservation

resignation

residency

resolution

residences

resurrection

restoration

retardation

retribution

restitution

residencies

residential

revelation

requisition

revolution

preconception

rhetorician

retrocession

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

simulation

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

surrogation

supposition

syndication

supervision

sustainable

syncopation

tamoxifen

tabulation

tasmanian

termination

testimony

tetrahedron

testimonies

titillation

superhuman

superstition

toleration

transformation

tribulation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

vaccination

valerian

validation

valuation

variation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

violation

vindication

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accumulation

academicians

accommodation

accreditation

accidentally

academically

academician

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amortization

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

approximation

appreciation

anticipation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

clarification

classification

civilization

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

codification

colonization

commemoration

concatenation

conciliation

communication

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

coordination

customarily

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

depreciation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

distinguishable

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

emancipation

elizabethan

elimination

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

equalization

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

examination

exasperation

exacerbation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

excoriation

expropriation

extermination

extenuating

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

exaggeration

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

carthaginian

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

imagination

humiliation

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

incarceration

hyperborean

illumination

immunization

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

indoctrination

interconnection

interrogation

interpolation

intoxication

invalidation

intimidation

interpretation

ionization

irradiation

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

legitimacy

legitimately

legitimizes

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

lusitanias

macedonians

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximilian

mechanization

maximization

mathematician

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modification

mobilization

modernization

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

nitroglycerine

obliteration

oregonian

origination

ornamentation

ossification

organization

orientation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

peloponnesian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

premeditation

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proletarian

proliferation

purification

qualification

pythagorean

quantification

ramification

ratification

reactionary

reactionaries

reaffirmation

rectification

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

rejuvenation

reintegration

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

reverberation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

systematically

theologian

testamentary

testimonial

testimonials

triangulation

unification

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

vilification

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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  • Orange

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